Bug#440356: libpam-modules: /var/log/auth.log clutter

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Frédéric Brière wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:24:47AM +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> > > First, no, the code which tries to access /etc/default/locale is not in
> > > pam. This is configured in the individual, per-package PAM config files
> > > in /etc/pam.d/, which are not the responsibility of the pam package.
> >
> > Ok.  My assumption is wrong.  In that case the code which tries to access
> > /etc/default/locale remains to be identified.
>
> As Steve pointed out, this is part of the PAM configuration of each
> package.  For example, from /etc/pam.d/login:
>
>   session   required   pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale
>
> > * I can't find who/what might be responsible for the /etc/default/locale
> >   disappearance
>
> Maybe you selected "None" as your default locale?  (See #515099)

Yes, I did, AFAICR (note: bug report was filed lenny/testing time).
So, this may still be a lenny problem.


Cheers,

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Cristian